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- DictionaryNa·ive/näˈēv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment: "the rather naive young man had been totally misled"
having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
adjective. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. “a teenager's naive ignorance of life”. “the naive assumption that things can only get better”. “this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances”. synonyms: naif. credulous.
naive. (disapproving) (of a person or action) not showing enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life; too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth. I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him! It would be naive to imagine there is no risk involved.
May 14, 2024 · adjective. If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind. It's naive to think that teachers are always tolerant. Their view was that he had been politically naive. naively adverb. ...naively applying Western solutions to Eastern problems.
adj. 1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially: a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a naive charm. b. Unsuspecting or credulous: naive victims of the scam. 2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken). 3.
Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment. American Heritage. Not having experienced or been subjected to something, as: American Heritage Medicine. Synonyms: uninitiated. unfeigned. trusting. green. candid. unworldly. artless. unschooled. unphilosophic. unassuming. credulous.
Britannica Dictionary definition of NAIVE. [more naive; most naive] : having or showing a lack of experience or knowledge : innocent or simple. a naive belief that all people are good. a naive view of the world. She asked a lot of naive questions.
